aawaara hai galiyo me, mai aur meri tanhaayi
jaaye to kaha jaaye
jaaye to kaha jaaye, har mod pe ruswaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi

ye phool se chehre hai, hanste huye guldaste
koi bhi nahi apna, begaane hai sab raste
raahe bhi tamaashaahi
raahi bhi tamaashaahi, mai aur meri tanhaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi

armaan sulgate hai, sine me chita jaise
kaatil najar aati hai, duniya ki hawa jaise
roti hai mere dil par bajati huyi shahnaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi

har rang me ye duniya, sau rang dikhaati hai
rokar kabhi hasti hai, haskar kabhi gaati hai
ye pyaar ki baahe hai, ya maut ki angadaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi, mai aur meri tanhaayi
mai aur meri tanhaayi, mai aur meri tanhaayi

Wandering the lanes, I and my solitude,
Where to go? Where to go?
At every turn, reproach,
I and my solitude,
I and my solitude.

These flowered faces, smiling bouquets,
None are mine, all paths are strangers,
The roads are tyrannical,
The travelers too, I and my solitude,
I and my solitude.

Desires smolder, like a pyre in the chest,
The world’s air, a killer’s gaze,
Weeping on my heart, a weeping clarinet,
I and my solitude,
I and my solitude.

In every hue, this world, a hundred colors it shows,
Sometimes weeping, sometimes laughing, sometimes singing,
Are these arms of love, or the death's embrace?
I and my solitude, I and my solitude,
I and my solitude, I and my solitude.